Whether you're in a foreign country for the holidays, or perhaps are having someone from another country over for Christmas dinner, it helps to know recipes for foods beyond the standard American meal.
Besides breaking the ice, these dinner items can not only relinquish your taste buds, but will allow you to experience some outside culture, right in your own kitchen!
Below are three Latvian recipes for Christmas dishes and desserts.
Enjoy!
1. Piparkukas
Piparkukas resemble our ginger bread cookie.
This recipe makes: 100 Cookies
Ingredients:
1 ½ Teaspoons of Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon of Baking Soda
½ Teaspoon of Black Pepper
1/3 Cup of Brown Sugar
½ Cup of Butter
½ Teaspoon of Cardamom
1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
½ Teaspoon of Clove
½ Teaspoon of Coriander
2 Eggs
5 Cups of Flour
1 Teaspoon of Ginger
1/3 Cup of Honey
3 Tablespoons of Lard
1/3 Cup of Light or Dark Molasses
½ Teaspoon of Nutmeg
TIP: Soften butter and lard in microwave before step one, in order to speed up the process.
Process:
1. Under low-medium heat, stir molasses, butter, lard and brown sugar in a pot, until the latter 3 ingredients are melted fully.
2. Take mixture away from heat. Add ALL spices, along with 2 ½ Cups of Flour. Mix ingredients.
3. Set mixture aside to cool. Stir on occasion.
4. Break open eggs. Mix them into the dough. Allow mixture to completely cool.
5. Mix the remaining flour with baking powder and baking soda.
6. Add this mixture to existing dough, stirring thoroughly as you add it. If dough becomes too thick to stir with spoon, cover a flat surface with flour and knead dough with your hands.
7. Use butter to grease bowl. Put dough in the bowl, and cover with cloth or plastic for a couple hours.
8. Preheat over to 400 degrees.
9. On a well-floured flat surface, roll out the dough thinly. Cut out preferred cookie shapes and place on cookie sheet.
10. Place cookies in pre-heated oven for 5-8 minutes. Check every couple of minutes to see of the cookie edges have started to burn. Once the edges are brown, remove cookies from the oven and place them on a cooling rack.
THE END!
2. Yellow Bread
Besides breaking the ice, these dinner items can not only relinquish your taste buds, but will allow you to experience some outside culture, right in your own kitchen!
Below are three Latvian recipes for Christmas dishes and desserts.
Enjoy!
1. Piparkukas
Piparkukas resemble our ginger bread cookie.
This recipe makes: 100 Cookies
Ingredients:
1 ½ Teaspoons of Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon of Baking Soda
½ Teaspoon of Black Pepper
1/3 Cup of Brown Sugar
½ Cup of Butter
½ Teaspoon of Cardamom
1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
½ Teaspoon of Clove
½ Teaspoon of Coriander
2 Eggs
5 Cups of Flour
1 Teaspoon of Ginger
1/3 Cup of Honey
3 Tablespoons of Lard
1/3 Cup of Light or Dark Molasses
½ Teaspoon of Nutmeg
TIP: Soften butter and lard in microwave before step one, in order to speed up the process.
Process:
1. Under low-medium heat, stir molasses, butter, lard and brown sugar in a pot, until the latter 3 ingredients are melted fully.
2. Take mixture away from heat. Add ALL spices, along with 2 ½ Cups of Flour. Mix ingredients.
3. Set mixture aside to cool. Stir on occasion.
4. Break open eggs. Mix them into the dough. Allow mixture to completely cool.
5. Mix the remaining flour with baking powder and baking soda.
6. Add this mixture to existing dough, stirring thoroughly as you add it. If dough becomes too thick to stir with spoon, cover a flat surface with flour and knead dough with your hands.
7. Use butter to grease bowl. Put dough in the bowl, and cover with cloth or plastic for a couple hours.
8. Preheat over to 400 degrees.
9. On a well-floured flat surface, roll out the dough thinly. Cut out preferred cookie shapes and place on cookie sheet.
10. Place cookies in pre-heated oven for 5-8 minutes. Check every couple of minutes to see of the cookie edges have started to burn. Once the edges are brown, remove cookies from the oven and place them on a cooling rack.
THE END!
2. Yellow Bread
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